During 14th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair, the EU-Macao Business Opportunity Seminar - Developing New Industries Based on Creativity and Intellectual Property, jointly organised by Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Macao Economic Services (DSE), Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM), Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) and the European Union Business Information Programme (EUBIP), was held successfully on 24 October. By using the MIF platform, the Seminar aimed to promote the development of emerging industries in Macao. Ms. Echo Chan, IPIM’s Executive Director and Dr. José Luís de Sales Marques, IEEM’s President gave welcoming speeches at the Seminar. Other guests including Mr. Stephane Passeri, Independent Consultant on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Co-operation and Mr. Simon Evans, Director and Founder of Creative Clusters Ltd. also spoke on EU countries’ experience in the development of the creative industry, intellectual property co-operation between EU and Macao as well as development strategies for Macao’s creative companies. A panel discussion was organised during the Seminar to promote communication between enterprises from the EU and Macao. The eight panellists included Dr. José Luís de Sales Marques, President of IEEM, Mr. Stephane Passeri, Independent Consultant on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Co-operation, Mr. Simon Evans, Director and Founder of Creative Clusters Ltd., Mr. Carlos Marreiros, Director General of Albergue SCM, Ms. Lúcia Lemos, Project Manager of the Centre for Creative Industry, Ms. Victoria Kuan, Manager of Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre, Mr. Keith Pang, Product Designer in Macao and Ms. Rebecca Choi, Marketing Director of Conde Group in Macao. They exchanged views on the co-operation between the in the EU and Macao as well as the development strategies of Macao’s creative industries.
In addition, the business-matching area and the intellectual property information counter set up at the venue assisted entrepreneurs in their search for potential business partners. Over 100 representatives from Europe, Mainland China, Macao and other regions attended. End
